Prospect Park

The Daily Plant : Friday, October 22, 2010

This Weekend In Parks

Daniel Avila

It’s My Park Day
Pitch in at your favorite park or playground this Saturday! Local volunteer groups around the city will be spending the day outside painting, cleaning, and fixing up parks in all five boroughs. Find a project near you and come help out.

MillionTreesNYC Planting Day
This Saturday, join the effort to plant 20,000 new trees citywide! MillionTreesNYC is going to parks in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx to plant trees where they're most needed. Join the effort to expand our city's urban forest!

Saturday, October 23

Run the River 5K
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan

Pick-your-own-Pumpkin
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Queens Farm Museum, Queens

Fall Colors
1:00 p.m.
Seton Falls Park, Bronx

Increase the Feast Masquerade Party
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Faber Park, Staten Island

Creatures of the Night Hike
6:30 p.m.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Sunday, October 24

Fall Migration
10:00 a.m.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

Fall Bike Tour
11:00 a.m.
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

Ghouls & Gourds
12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn

Fall Foliage Scrapbook
1:00 p.m.
Blue Heron Park Preserve, Staten Island

Parade and Pumpkin Sail
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Central Park, Manhattan

QUOTATION FOR THE DAY
"One belongs to New York instantly; one belongs to it
as much in five minutes as in five years."
Thomas Wolfe
(1900-1938)

Know Before You Go

Kate Wollman Ice Skating Rink: CLOSED 2012-2013

The Kate Wollman Rink will NOT be open for ice skating this winter; 2012 - 2013. The parking lot will also remain closed this winter. Construction is continuing on Lakeside , a year-round destination for recreation, relaxation, and events. Ice skating will return with the completion of this exciting new project.